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A56309	The weavers shuttle displayed and the swiftness thereof unfolded, or, The words of a dying man to a dying people, in the midst of a dying nation wherein is held forth I. That the time is short, the way is narrow, the prize is great, the runners are many, the obtainers few, II. That repentance and turning to God is not in one call or command, wherefore wait upon the means appointed by God to work it, and that diligently and constantly this work deferred will be still greater, the time to do it wil[l] be shorter, the strength to do it by wil[l] be less, III. If we endeavour to the uttermost to improve the present opportunity and ability that the Almighty gives us, we shall, for ought I know, live with more comfort here and die in full assurance hereafter, for the greatest evil threatned or feared, may through wisdom be timely prevented / by Robert Purnel.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.	1652 (1652)	Wing P4244; ESTC R32258	54,417	168

thy after-services are but like Cain's Sacrifices procuring a curse rather then a blessing In a word we were not made to serve the world the world was made to serve us and we were made to serve God Let every creature especially Man continue in his place for man is the most excellent creature of all on earth Let him then transcend all in his holy obedience to his Maker We are not our own we ought not to live to our selves we have forfeited our lives many a time the wages of the least sin is death and cursedness and yet our lives have been restored to us again For what end why saith the Scripture that we might not live to our selves but unto God Oh how often times doth he call how earnestly doth he knock at the door of our hearts how powerfully doth he strive how long doth he wait upon us to get us to yield unto him namely to have our hearts dis-ingaged from all things beneath himself and yet such wretches as we are we will not yield What is become of that frame of Spirit that was upon the Saints in former days Nathan used but one parable to David and he was converted Jonah preached but few days to Nineveh and they repented Christ looked back once upon Peter and he wept bitterly but there is such a spirit of slumber fallen upon most of the people in these days that nothing will prevail unless it be that place Rev. 21. 11. He that is unjust let him be so still and he which is filthy let him be filthy still And so they make good this place as it is spoken by way of precept and not by way of caution never considering what will become of them in the end thereof O ye sons and daughters of men did not our tender loving Lord God make us Lords of the Creation and are not we become Servants unto it Did not he make man the wisest of all Creatures and is there any Creature under the whole Heaven so unwise as man Did he not put a fear and a dread upon every creature Gen. 9. 2. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every fowl of the ayr and upon all that moveth on the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea into your hands are they delivered But how is poor silly man afraid of and become a Servant to the meanest of all these Creatures in a Spiritual sense These were made our servants and have been faithfull in their service to us we were Created in the Image of God and appointed by him to be serviceable unto him and yet the whole Creation are more serviceable unto him and do not dishonour him as man doth Jer. 8. 6 7. I hearkened saith the Lord and heard but the most excellent piece of my workmanship man spake not aright no man repented him of his wickedness saying what have I done So I was fain to repent my self that ever I made man for every one runneth into sin as the horse rusheth into the battel Yea the Stork in the heavens knows her appointed times and the Turtle and the Crane and the Swallow observe the time of their coming but my People know not the judgments of the Lord. Man that was made the wisest of all is become the variest fool of all And oh that we saw it 1 Cor. 3. 18. Let no man deceive himself If any man among you seemeth to be wise let him become a fool that he may be wise We like fools take a great deal of pains to make our selves miserable We forsake the Fountain of living endurable waters and ride and run through thick and thin labour and toyl dig and hew unto our selves Cisterns yea broken Cisterns that will hold no water Jer. 2. 12 13. If John were to write an Epistle to the Professors of our dayes as once he did to Gaius 3 Ep. Joh. v. 1 2. Beloved I wish above all things that thou mayst prosper be in health even as thy soul prospereth I say if he were to write to us he would undoubtedly change his voice and say O ye Professors now extant in the English Nation I wish above all things that ye may prosper in your souls even as your bodies prosper O thou hast a flourishing body but a starved soul thy eyes stare out with fatness thou hast more then heart can wish thou art like the green Bay tree or the Willows by the water side thou hast given thee thy hearts desire but thou hast a lean famished starved soul and I could wish above all things that thy soul prospered as thy body prospereth Oh is it not better to go to Heaven with poor Lazarus then to Hell with rich Dives Is it not better O sons and daughters of men to be often saying with our head Christ The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head then to be saying in effect as most do at this day with that rich man Luk. 12 17. 18 19 20. Soul thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thine ease eat drink and be merry but God said unto him Thou fool this night shall thy soul be required of thee c. We have forgotten those words 1 Joh. 2. 15. Love not the world neither the things of the world if any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him O how few such can we find in a whole Parish in a whole City in a whole Shire nay how many think you are there in a whole Nation that love the world and so have not the love of the Father abiding in them In this Epistle of John the Spirit of the Lord in the mouth of his servant cals to all the sons of men and craves their diligent attention I have written to you Fathers I have written to you Children I have written to you Young men Why what is the Spirit of the Lord about to make out unto us Only here is the sum ver 15. Love not the world nor the things of the world for if any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him Object But some will be apt to say We do love God we do not love the World Answ How shall that appear If I should try thy practice by the Scriptures I shall find that thou dost love the world and not God 1 Ioh. 3. 17. Whoso hath this worlds good and seeth his brother in need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion how dwelleth the love of God in him That thou hast faith shew it to me by thy works and if thou hast love shew it by its fruits Indeed there is abundance of Faith and Love in the Nation but I can find but little in my self and others in the powerful operation The Power of Godliness is but here and there in a corner and when it doth

him all the men and women in the world could not quench thy love to him thy love would be as strong as death many waters could not quench it and when once thou comest to love him purely for himself because he loved thee first then thou wilt cease loving the world knowing that if any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him and so while Martha is troubled about many things thou wilt with Mary choose the better part and as once he was satisfied and contented with the world without God so now he endeavors to be contented with God without the world The world was once thy portion now the Lord is thy portion Psal 16. 5. and Psal 119. 57. Lam. 3. 24. The loss of the things of this world did once trouble thee now thou canst suffer the spoiling of thy goods joyfully Heb. 10. 34. The glory and excellency of all things under the Sun are not so precious as the light of his countenance if all the world smile upon me and my Father seem to frown or hide his face I shall be troubled but if all things frown on me and He but a little smile I shall rejoyce with joy unspeakable and full of glory Let friends forsake me let enemies deride me let all worldly comforts leave me if thou hide not thy face O Father it is enough I shall say with Paul I have learned in whatsoever state I am in to be content therewith Phil. 4. 11. I was once earthly in spiritual things I am now Spiritual in earthly things saith the sanctified Soul I did once hate the Saints I do now love them And I know that I have passed from death to life because I love the brethren 1 Epist Joh. 3. 14. I did lately delight in the company of sinners now all my delight is in the Saints that excell in vertue and the more spiritual any Christian is the more entirely do I love him saith the enlightened soul I did lately envy that man that did outstrip me in getting goods I could heartily wish how that all the Saints would double and trebble their diligence in getting this heavenly treasure I did esteem my self better then others I endeavour now to esteem others better then my self according to that 2 Phil. 3. And so much for answer to the first Objection or Quaere Object 2. How far is it lawfull for a Christian to use the world because to be diligent in ones Calling is Gods Command and idleness is forbidden as sinfull Ans Under correction and with submission to better judgements I humbly conceive that we having made it our great business to improve our Talent or Talents in working out the manifesta●ion of our salvation and having given all diligence to make our Calling and Election sure in waiting for the appearances of the love of God the Father through his son Iesus Christ by the Holy Spirit in the use of all the Ordinances and appointments of Christ having I say in the first place made this the main of our business not so much that we might be saved by him but rather that hereby we might appear more capable to answer that great end for which he gave us a being namely that his name might be glorified by Jesus Christ in us In the next place we are look to our bodies and in order thereto to betake our selves to labour that so we might in a sense get our livings by the sweat of our brows this made Paul labour working with his hands night and day that he might eat his own bread and not be chargeable to others and so make his glorying void And the same Almighty that bids us hear read meditate and pray bids us also to be diligent in our Callings and provide for our selves and Families or else we come short of Infidels And again Let him that hath stolne steal no more but work with his hands that he may have for himself and something over for him that needeth This is so known a thing that no man unless those that have renounced their reason and made nonsence the mother of their Devotion will deny it wherefore it will be needless to write any more for the probation of it only a word or two how far it is lawful for a Christian to be diligent in it For I suppose that a Christian may honour or dishonour the Almighty in the lawfull use or sinfull abuse thereof as well in his particular Calling as in his general Calling First then follow thy particular Calling and be diligent therein purely in obedience to the Command of God that so if thou wert to have no profit by it yet thou wouldst follow it because he commands it 2. Be diligent therein that so thy self and Family may eat your own bread pray and work for daily bread 3. Be diligent in your particular Calling that so you may be helpfull to others 4. Be sure that in following this earthly Calling thou do it with an Heavenly minde in every part of it I had thoughts to have been large in every one these because there be few that have learned this Lesson but I have a perswasion even now darted in upon my spirit to write but a little more of each 1. Then let us follow our particular Calling and be diligent therein purely in obedience to the Almighty that so if we were but to have our labour for our pains yet we would labour because the Lord Commands us Exod. 20. 9. Six days shalt thou labour c. See again Deut. 5. 13. and 2 Thes 3. 11. 1 Thes 4. 11. And to work with our own hands as we commanded you 2. Be diligent in your Callings that so your selves and families may eat your own bread Though not in the first yet in the second place thou mayst have respect to the recompence of reward 2 Thes 3. 11 12. For we hear that there be some that walk among you disorderly working not at all ver 12. Now them that be such we command that with quietness they work and eat their own bread and if they will not work let them not eat 2 Thes 3. 10. c. I have often considered what should be the cause that many men and women in some sense are in a worse condition then the beasts of the earth or the fowls of the ayr for most times they have plenty of food and to spare and man which is Lord of these things is often in want so that many steal for want and I have at last found that their poverty doth arise from these or the like things 1. Either from Covetousness There is that withholdeth more then is meet and it tendeth to poverty Prov. 11. 24. 2. Or else from wastefulness or excess in eating or drinking Prov. 23. 21. 3. Or from the oppression of the rich Jam. 5. 4. 4. Or else from idleness and slothfulness in their Callings Prov. 20. 4. The sluggard will not sowe because of the cold therefore he

but a little peep out or put forth its head the Dogs of Egypt begin to bark for a long space without any intermission and these Dogs are as cunning as Achitophel and as eloquent as Herod and so make the poor ignorant people believe that they do bark at Thieves that would break open their Church-doors and steal away their Religion when indeed they bark at the Sheep that would hear Christs voice and follow him But no more of this at present Again consider that the love of the world is brought in by the Apostle to be the root of all evil 1 Tim. 6. 10. For the love of money is the root of all evil c. Now by money we commonly understand gold and silver which is the purest metal of all and one would think in reason if any thing of the world were to be beloved then the most choise things should be the object of our love but gold and silver although the purest and choisest thing of all that will buy any thing in the world nay Solomon said of it Eccles 10 19. Money answereth all things Yet to love this saith the Spirit of the Lord in his word is the root of all evil 1 Tim. 6. 10. In a word consider A man takes a great deal of pains in getting goods and a great deal of care in the keeping of them and a great deal of sorrow in losing them and but a very little comfort in the enjoyment of them We may look back upon them all as Solomon did Eccles 2. 11. Then I looked upon all the works that my hand had wrought and on the labour that I had laboured and behold all was not only vanity but also vexation of spirit and there was no profit under the Sun Here wise Solomon writ Vanity upon the Crown of all worldly treasures and pleasures and why is this written but for our learning upon whom the end of the world is come But there are but few of us of Solomons mind and that will appear in our taking so much paines in gathering wealth and then we set our affections and minds abrood upon them until as a hen her chickens we have hatched them and then a little while after they get themselves wings and flie from us Oh why do we set our eyes upon that which is not See Prov. 23. 5. In a word the Scriptures which are written for our learning and are profitable for doctrine for reproof and for correction and for instruction that the man of God might be throughly furnished unto every good work These Scriptures so excellent if you read them you shall find there is contained in them at least ten precepts or commands to look to the being and well-being of our souls for one command to look to our bodies and at least ten promises for a blessing upon that for one promise of a blessing upon us in point of a large enjoyment of outward things and yet such fools are most of us we take ten times the pains and care for the latter more then we do for the former Gods order is Seek ye first the kingdom of heaven and then in the second place those things shall be given unto you but our practise is to seek the things of this life first and the Kingdom of heaven at last when we have nothing else to do The Lord saith Lay up treasures in heaven first but we will lay up treasures on earth first Oh how contrary is our practise to the Commands of our Creator It would be endless for a man to instance in what is written in Scripture to this thing therefore I shall instance in one Scripture for all and that is in Mat. 6. in which Chapter from the ninth verse to the 34. our blessed Saviour draws at least ten Arguments against Covetousness 1. Saith he Lay not up treasures on earth for the moth and rust will corrupt it and thieves will steal Matth. 6. 19 20. 2. Saith he If your treasure be in the world your hearts will be in the world ver 21. 3. Christ tells us we cannot obey him and the world too No man can serve two masters God and Mammon ver 24. 4. He bids us Take no care what ye shall eat and drink or for rayment what ye shall put on ver 25. And that for these Reasons The fowls of the ayr do not sowe nor reap nor gather into barns Are you not better then they saith our Saviour ver 26. 5. He demands of us why we do take such thought for rayment Consider saith he the Lillies of the field how they grow they toyl not neither do they spin and yet Solomon in all his royaltie was not arayed like one of these verses 28 29. 6. He demands this question of us Which of you by taking thought can adde one cubit to his stature ver 27. 7. Wherefore if God so cloath the grass of the field shall he not much more cloath you O ye of little faith ver 30. 8. Therefore saith the Lord Christ if this be true as most true it is Take no thought at all what ye shall eat or drink or wherewithall ye shall be cloathed for after all these things do the Gentiles seek ver 31 32. 9. If for all this ye will be seeking these things Be sure you seek first the kingdom of heaven and the righteousness thereof and then ye need not seek so earnestly for these they shall be added unto you ver 33. 10. Take therefore no thought for the morrow nor pray for no more then daily bread for the next day shall take thought for it self sufficient to the day is the evil thereof ver 34. Then let our conversation be without covetousness for he hath said He will never fail us nor forsake us Heb. 13 5. Some of our humane Scholars say that in the original of this Text the words I will never leave thee is mentioned five times but I have searched the Scripture and I finde it written in the Scriptures above five times five I will never leave thee nor forsake thee The candle that gave me light to read it was lighted in Heaven and the key that opened the book for it was sealed was the Spirit of God the eyes by which I saw it was the eyes of my understanding being enlightened according to the that Eph. 1. 18. Also minde those words of 〈…〉 Luk. 12. 15. And he said unto them 〈…〉 heed and beware of covetousness 〈…〉 mans life consisteth not in the abund 〈…〉 things which he possesseth nor in 〈…〉 for then Pharaoh had been ble 〈…〉 in wit for then Achitophel h 〈…〉 blessed nor in wealth for th 〈…〉 had been blessed but true blesse 〈…〉 from above The blessing of the Lord 〈◊〉 ●●keth rich and bringeth no sorrow with ●● Prov. 10. 22. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom neither let the mighty man glory in his might let not the rich man glory in his riches but let him that